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Family members of Satchel Paige in Wichita for NBC World Series
(KWCH) - Members of Satchel Paige’s family attended Opening Night ... The integrated team’s victory came more than a decade before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League ...
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A PITCH FOR SATCHEL PAIGE at Paul Robeson Theatre takes us back to the Negro Leagues
admits that the major leagues were right in choosing Jackie Robinson, not him, to break the color barrier. According to Paige, Robinson thought before he spoke, whereas Satchel would say ...
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Satchel Paige Bobbleheads Arrive Just In Time For His Birthday July 7
Forty-two years after his death, Satchel Paige is having a great year ... 1926-47 before he finally reached the majors after Jackie Robinson integrated the game with the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers.
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The Negro League players now topping MLB records after league adds them to official record
Negro League legend Josh Gibson is now the all-time Major League batting champion and pitcher Satchel Paige is third ... and the path that led to Jackie Robinson's 1947 Dodger debut." ...